Facts about Charles Caleb Colton

Summary

Charles Caleb Colton was a famous Writer from England, who lived between 1780 AC and 1832.

Biography

He was a British writer, priest and art collector.

He studied at Eton and King's College, where he received a bachelor's degree (1801) and Master of Arts (1804). In 1801-1828 he worked as a priest.

In the end of 1820 he published the book "Lacon, or Many Things in Few Words, addressed to those who think" 1820 in a small cheap edition.

At the time of his death, Colton was living on funds received from his immediate family. An illness required surgery, but Colton dreaded the operation. He eventually killed himself rather than undergo the procedure.

Our collection contains 72 quotes who is written / told by Charles, under the main topics: Love, Time.

"There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter"

"The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other"

"The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down"

"Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead"